Process of packing ripe olives.



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HOWARD P. BURT AND GRINN ELL BURT, 0F PALERMO, CALIFORNIA.

PROCESS OF PACKING RIPE OLIVE-S.

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prefor preserthe ripe 'olives in the usual manner, that is to say by the use of solutions of caustic soda (lye) and salt, which extracts the .bitterness, and flavors: the olives. The olives are then sterilized by the use of a sterilizing liquid, by steam or otherwise.

When the liquid sterilizer is used, we

drain of]? the liquid, or otherwise remove it and then seal the fruit in a partial vacuum in suitable containers. The containers may be of any suitable material, as glass or metal.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Letters Patent of the Patented Dec. 119, 1916.

Application filed January 8, 1916. Serial No. 70,057.

exact terms required by law, and Knowing that it comprises novel, useful and valuable improvements in the art to which it pertains, We here state that we donot wish to be limited to the precise terms and steps and arrangement of the several parts, as herein set forth, as the same may be variously modified without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What we claim and desire to secure by United States is the following, to wit 1. The method of treating ripe olives, which consists in pickling them in the usual manner, removing the liquid therefrom and then sealing them in containers.

2. The method of treating ripe olives,

which consists in pickling them, sterilizing them, draining oil the liquid and sealing them in vacuo. 3. The method of treating ripe olives, which consists in pickling them, sterilizing them, removing the liquid from them and sealing them in containers.

4. The method of treating ripe olives, which consists in picklin' them in lye, salt and water, removing the iquid from them, sterilizing them, and sealing them in containers in vacuo.

In testimony, that we claim the foregoing we have hereto set our hands in the presence of witnesses, this 29th of December 1915.

HOWARD P. BURT. GRINN ELL BURT. Witnesses:

J. M. 'MCGEE, 4 H. LANGE. 

